Indiana's Adrian McPherson named Rookie of the Year
June 9, 2004 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK – Indiana Firebirds quarterback ADRIAN MCPHERSON (6-3, 189, Florida State) was selected the 2004 Rookie of the Year as voted by the AFL head coaches, players, fans and Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA). McPherson earned All-Rookie honors last week.
McPherson led all rookie quarterbacks in passing attempts (397), yards (3,297), touchdowns (61), and passer rating (119.6). His passer rating ranked No. 4 among all AFL quarterbacks. The former Seminole also finished No. 3 in the AFL in rushing touchdowns (19) and yards (259) on 65 attempts. His 19 rushing touchdowns were the most ever in a season by a quarterback.
Other players receiving votes included: ChicagoÂ’s ETU MOLDEN, DallasÂ’ BOBBY SIPPIO, and OrlandoÂ’s JOE HAMILTON.
The Coach of the Year will be announced tomorrow, Thursday, June 10 on ESPNews, the ADT Defensive Player of the Year (Tuesday), Baby Ruth Real Deal Offensive Player of the Year (Wednesday), and U.S. Army Ironman of the Year (Thursday) will be announced next week. The following is the complete list of the Rookie of the Year award winners:
ALL-TIME ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS
SEASON PLAYER, TEAM
2004 ADRIAN MCPHERSON, INDIANA FIREBIRDS
2003 Travis McGriff, Orlando Predators
2002 Clevan Thomas, San Jose SaberCats
2001 R-Kal Truluck, Detroit Fury
2000 Chris Jackson, Los Angeles Avengers
1999 Charles Wilson, Tampa Bay Storm
1998 Oronde Gadsden, Portland Forest Dragons
1997 Cory Fleming, Nashville Kats
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